New Publication: Derech HaTeva vol. 12 (2007-2008)

New issue of Derech HaTeva: A Journal of Torah and Science by Stern College students (link):

Making Man in Man's Image by Shira Apfel

Embryological Sex Determination in the Talmud and Modern Science by Dalia Barenboim

The Life You Save Could Be Yours... Or Your Child's: Scientific and Halakhic Approaches to Mandating the HPV Vaccine by Amanda Bier

To Test or Not to Test -- The BRCA Genes Explored by Nechama Citrin

Wine: Agent of Intoxication or Character Enhancer? by Jennifer Deluty

Busting the Myth of Jews with Horns by Esther Frederick

King Asa's Podiatric Condition by Sarah Ariella Hollander

The Eleventh Commandment: "Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew" by Dena Kapetansky

The Biblical Diet: Food for Thought by Sharon Kaufman

The Medical and Ethical Implications of Conjoined Twins by Chana Kosofsky

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Extraterrestrial Life in our Age by Emily J. Liebling

Smoking in Halacha by Adina Maik

Stem Cell Research: A Torah Perspective by Miriam Merzel

The Heart is Timeless (as are Heart Attacks) by Talia Miller

Sex Pre-Selection by Marina Pekar

Thoughts on the Ancestry of Ethiopian Jews by Tehilla Raviv

Religious Infertility by Shira Roszler

Biblical Images: Speech and Hearing Impediments in the Bible by Aviva Stroh

The eighth Month Non-Viable Fetus: The One Months Difference by Devorah Thaler

Vegetarianism: A Guide to a Perfect Body, Mind and Soul by Rachel Yamnik

Approaching the Infinite: An Intersection between Mathematics and Spirituality by Chava Zakharevich

Blod, Frogs, and Lice by Harvey Babish, Ph.D.